How To Configure RS232 For SMP Players

How to Configure RS232 for SMP Players How to Configure RS232 for SMP Players

User Manual: How to Configure RS232 for SMP Players

Open the PDF directly: View PDF .
Page Count: 12

How to configure RS232 for

SMP players

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1

Get Patches from CAYIN .................................................................................................................... 1

Procedures ........................................................................................................................................ 2

Appendix A: Using Docklight to Send RS-232 Command .................................................................. 9

Introduction

This document will guide you to configure your system with patches provided by

CAYIN. Follow the procedures below to control SMP players via RS232 easily with

the extra new functions.

Get Patches from CAYIN

The COM port control patches are now available for the following SMP models and

versions. Users can download it from PartnerNet by the following URL.

Patch Model Version Downloading URL

P09264.psu SMP-WEBDUO 1.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09264.psu

P09265.psu SMP-PROPLUS 1.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09265.psu

P09266.psu SMP-WEBPLUS 3.5/4.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09266.psu

P09267.psu SMP-WEBPLUST 4.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09267.psu

P09268.psu SMP-PRO3 1.5/2.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09268.psu

P09269.psu SMP-PRO3N 1.5/2.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09269.psu

P09270.psu SMP-WEB3 1.5/2.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09270.psu

P09271.psu SMP-WEB3N 1.5/2.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09271.psu

P09294.psu SMP-WEBPLUS 4.5/5.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09294.psu

P09295.psu SMP-WEBPLUS-T 4.5/5.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09295.psu

P09296.psu SMP-PRO3 2.5/3.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09296.psu

P09297.psu SMP-PRO3N 2.5/3.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09297.psu

P09298.psu SMP-WEB3 2.5/3.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09298.psu

P09299.psu SMP-WEB3N 2.5/3.0 http://partner.cayintech.com/download/sw/P09299.psu

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

Procedures

Step 1: Plug RS-232 cable into SMP player

SMP supports serial ports with 9 pins D-type socket. Since socket types may differ

from devices, some special cables such as “null modem cables”, “pin converter”,

“gender changer” or “custom made cables” are sometimes required. Please check

your device manual for detailed information.

Step 2: Connect Your PC to the Web Manager

Enter the IP address in a browser to connect to the Web Manager.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

Step 3: Upload the patch

1. Go to System Status -> Basic Information to check your product model and

firmware version. Please make sure you upload the correct patch for your

product.

2. Go to the System -> Maintenance and click [Browse…] button in system

maintenance area. You can select and upload the patch file (.psu or .fsu) here.

The system will restart to apply those changes. Please login to Web Manager

again and go to System Status to check the patch information in Firmware

Information area.

Step 4: Configure RS232 settings

1. Go to System -> System and find the RS-232 Control area at the bottom of this

page.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

RS-232 configuration

For functional communication through a serial port interface, conventions of Baud

rate, Data-Bit, Parity, Flow Control and Stop Bit are not pre-defined in RS-232.

Please check your display manual for correct communication parameters.

For example, the communication parameters in the above picture are based on

SONY display (including FWD-40LX2F, FWD-40LX2X, FWD-32LX2F, FWD-32LX2X,

KLH-W32, and KLH-W26 models). Please make sure the parameters here are

consistent with the connected device.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

Configure RS-232(COM Port) commands

Press [Add RS-232 Command] to add commands to control SMP players.

With SMP-PRO/WEB series, you need to input the information below:

1. Command Name

2. Choose Command Type

3. Command String, either in ASCII or Hex format.

With SMP-PRO series, there are two types of commands: “Display command” and

“User-define command”. Please refer to your device manual to setup the

corresponding command strings.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

¾ Display Command

You can choose “Turn on Display” or “Turn off Display” command in “Display

Command”.

You will learn more information about how to execute those commands from the

following sections.

If you choose ”Display Command” to turn on/turn off the screen remotely or

schedule when you want to turn off the screen, the system will automatically send

such command to the display via RS232 port to turn on/turn off display power.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

¾ User-define command

You can add at most 20 user-define commands to send command to your device

which connects to SMP player. For example, you can control display’s Contrast,

Brightness, Auto Adjust…and so on via RS232. You can refer to the manual of the

connected device for command strings.

For example, if you add a command to change Display Brightness (string:

8C10010232D1 (HEX) ), you can press [send] to change the brightness value of

display to 50.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

¾ Playlist Command

This command is only for SMP-WEB series. After setting up these commands, SMP

will wait for RS232 command to automatically trigger WEB playlist by RS-232 tool

(such as docklight, please refer to Appendix A) for serial communication protocols.

[Important] You must send a complete “Receive command string” within one

second from your PC, or the string will be treated as 2 different commands in SMP

player.

The interface may be different from the model you selected. For SMP-WEB3, there

is one web playlist and the playlist index begins from 0 to 9. For SMP-WEBDUO,

there are two web playlists and the playlist index begins from 0 to 30. You can create

your own string for Playlist command. Please make sure you set the same command

string in both SMP and simulation tool.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

Appendix A: Using Docklight to Send RS-232

Command

Docklight is a testing, analysis and simulation tool for serial communication

protocols (RS232, RS485/422 and others). It allows you to monitor the

communication between two serial devices or to test the serial communication of a

single device. Docklight is easy to use and runs on almost any standard PC using

Windows Vista/XP/2000/NT 4 operating system.

¾ How to Use Docklight

1. After installing Docklight successfully, you can launch the program from

desktop.

This is an evaluation version. You can press [OK] to continue or purchase a

Docklight User License from its online shop

(http://www.docklight.de/shop_en.htm)

NOTE Docklight is a shareware that can help you send/receive RS-232 string from

your PC. You can also use other similar software to send or receive RS-232 strings.

Please download Docklight from website http://www.docklight.de/

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

2. Press [OK] to continue.

3. Select “Start with a blank project / blank script” to continue.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

4. Press “Project settings” to setup COM Port settings (including Baud Rate, Data

bits, Parity, Stop Bits, and Parity Error Char). Please make sure the settings here

are consistent with the connected SMP player.

5. Press the red frame area to add RS232 command.

How to configure RS232 for SMP Players

6. Enter command name and command string, and press [OK] to save.

7. Press the right arrow button to send command to SMP player, and trigger Playlist

1 index 1.

How To Configure RS232 For SMP Players

How to Configure RS232 for SMP Players How to Configure RS232 for SMP Players

Navigation menu

Versions of this User Manual:

Views

Navigation